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E.' J. MGLAUGHLIN.

GAR FENDER.

No. 546,962. Patentd Sept. 24, 1895.

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EBEN J. MCLAUGHLIN, OF ESSINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOB. OF ONE- HALFTO IRWIN W. DUNCAN, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 546,962, datedSeptember 24, 1895.

Serial No. 533,925. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concerm Be it known that I, EBEN J. McLAUeHLtN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Essington, in the county ofDelaware, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Oar-Fenders, which improvement is fully set forth in thefollowing specication and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a car-fender formed Io of a body which may beconnected with a car so as to occupy a position beneath the platform orin front of the same, said body being elastic in its nature, so as toyield when subjected to blows, pressure, or weight and lower I5 closerto the rails or road-bed, thus serving to lift the person or objectstruck in safety from the track. Provision is also made for firmlysustaining the elastic body in position and permittingthe readyT removaland application zo of the same, all as will be hereinafter set forth.Figures 1 and 2 represent side elevations of car-fenders embodying myinvention. Fig. 3 represents a perspective view thereof. Fig. 4represents a perspective view of another porz 5 tion thereof on anenlarged scale. Figs. 5 and 6 represent perspective views of detachedparts.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspending parts in the severalfigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the body of a fender, the samebeing formed of the curved arms B and the cross-slats O connectedtherewith, producing together somewhat of a scoop or cradle. The upperends of the arms B are connected with the beam D, which is attached tothe ears E, the latter being secured either to the truck F or theportion of the body below the platform G, so that the fender may bebelow the platform or 4o project in front of the saine, as shown inFigs.

l and 2, respectively.

II designates brackets, which are connected with either the pedestals .Ior to the sill K below the platform G and depend from said 4 5 parts,the lower ends of the brackets having secured to them the cross-bars L,between which the adjacent portions of the arms B are freely passed.Secured to the said cross-bars L, aside of the arms B, are pins or boltsM, 5o which serve to prevent lateral displacement of said arms, whilethe arms B are freely sustained and braced between their ends on thesaid bars L, it being noticed that the arms are elastic in their nature,being preferably formed of bars or strips of suitable metal having theirupper ends coiled where they are attached to the beam D.

At the front end of the body of the fender is the cushion or buffer N,which is adapted to ease the blow when a party is struck bythe 6ofender.

The arms B have on their front ends as continnities thereof the shoesP,which depend from said ends and project rearward therefrom, so as not,to injuriously engage with obstacles on the road-bed, the same beingadapted to ride on the rails or said road-bed when weghtis superimposedupon the fender.

In order to firmly connect the body of the fender with the beam D, Iform on the upper 7o end of the brackets H the flanges Q Q, the sameembracing the beam and being secured thereto. The upper ends of the armsB are bolted or screwed to said beam, and the adjacent portions are bentrearwardly and upwardly and then passed through openings R in the saidbrackets and bent over the tops of the brackets and the beam, as shownin Fig. 4, it being seen that both the fender and brackets are connectedwith said beam as one. 8o On the ends of the beam are gudgeons S, whichare adapted to enter the ears E and to be retained therein.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I show the ears E adapted to receive the gudgeons S andpermit the fender to be removed from one end of a car and applied to theother end thereof. In order to prevent displacement of the gudgeons,

I employ the pins T, which are passed through the walls of the openingsE2 of the ears, it be- 9o ing noticed that the openings E2 in the ear,Fig. 6, extend to the front of the ear for convenience of removing thejournal which occupies said opening and reapplication of the same.

It will be seen that should a person be struck by the fender the latterwill yield, so as to break the force of the blow, and the person will belifted and landed in the fender, and thus be prevented from reaching thewheels roo of the car, it being also evident that when the forward endof the fender receives the impact ofthe person struck said end lowers,owing to the elastic nature of the fender, and so prevents the personfrom being carried under the fender, while, o'n the contrary, causingthe person to fall rearward into the body of the fender as a place ofcomparative safety.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-.

l. In a car fender a support with ears, a beam journaled in said ears,spring arms secured to said beam and having their upper ends passingover the same, and their lower ends bent under the same forming shoes,slats connected with said arms, and brackets having cross bars betweenwhich the said arms pass, said brackets being secured to a suitablesupport, said parts being combined substantially as described.

2. A car fender formed of a body having depending arms, and cross slatsconnected therewith, and a support and brace between the ends of saidarms consisting of cross bars, and bolts attached thereto, said armsfreely occupying the spaces between said bars and bolts, substantiallyas described.

3. In a car fender, a support and brace for the body thereof, consistingot' the cross bars L, and bolts M, within which said arms are freelypassed, and the sustaining brackets H which are connected With said barsL, substantially as described.

4. A car fender having a body formed of arms and slats, and a brace andsupport therefor consisting of the cross bars L and the bracketsI-I,tl1e upper ends of said arms passing through said brackets, saidarms and brackets being adapted to be secured to a beam on the car,substantially as described.

5. A car fender in combination with a beam to which the body of the sameis attached, and ears in which said beam is removably held, and pins onsaid ears for retaining the beam in position, substantially asdescribed.

EBEN J. MOLAUGHLIN. lVitnesses:

M. T. LENHART, FRANCIS MILLER.

